Are Open Water events more popular than Pool events?
Former Member
It’s undeniable that the popularity of open water swimming has risen dramatically in the last few years. But when looking for a LCM meet to swim in, I saw an interesting trend on the USMS Calendar.
www.usms.org/.../calendar.php
Here in the Colonies Zone, there are three pool meets listed (two were last weekend and the other is in October) and TEN open water events. In the Great Lakes Zone, there are ZERO pool meets (not counting LCM Nationals in Indy) and seven open water events. These kinds of numbers are similar in virtually all the Zones.
Has open water swimming officially passed pool swimming in popularity?
It’s undeniable that the popularity of open water swimming has risen dramatically in the last few years. But when looking for a LCM meet to swim in, I saw an interesting trend on the USMS Calendar.
www.usms.org/.../calendar.php
In the Great Lakes Zone, there are ZERO pool meets (not counting LCM Nationals in Indy) and seven open water events.
This statement is completely false and there have been several LCM pool meets and I have been or ran at least 4 of these meets. In June, Cleveland State University hosted a 2 day LCM meet. Swim Louisville hosted a one day LCM meet in mid June. Park Ridge hosted a meet in June. Michigan State University hosted a meet in the last weekend of June.
Anderson Y of Cincinnati hosted a meet on July 4, 2009. Dearborn, MI hosted a meet July 12, 2009. Southern Illinois University hosted a meet in July. This weekend the Lakeside Club in Louisville, KY is hosting a 2 day meet.
That is a total of 8 LCM meets excluding USMS Nationals. I think you should check LMSC websites before making inaccurate and untrue statements about LCM meets.
It’s undeniable that the popularity of open water swimming has risen dramatically in the last few years. But when looking for a LCM meet to swim in, I saw an interesting trend on the USMS Calendar.
www.usms.org/.../calendar.php
In the Great Lakes Zone, there are ZERO pool meets (not counting LCM Nationals in Indy) and seven open water events.
This statement is completely false and there have been several LCM pool meets and I have been or ran at least 4 of these meets. In June, Cleveland State University hosted a 2 day LCM meet. Swim Louisville hosted a one day LCM meet in mid June. Park Ridge hosted a meet in June. Michigan State University hosted a meet in the last weekend of June.
Anderson Y of Cincinnati hosted a meet on July 4, 2009. Dearborn, MI hosted a meet July 12, 2009. Southern Illinois University hosted a meet in July. This weekend the Lakeside Club in Louisville, KY is hosting a 2 day meet.
That is a total of 8 LCM meets excluding USMS Nationals. I think you should check LMSC websites before making inaccurate and untrue statements about LCM meets.
